As one of the stars of Futz, I can assure Foxboy that his review couldn't be wronger. "Sally loves his pig." is what he wrote, but Sally, who at the time was an addenda to The LaMaMa Troupe, featured nude in some of the publicity riding a pig and appears fleetingly in the film itself, but never in any sense could she be said to love Futz's pig within the narrative.
I realize I'm prejudiced about this movie, but I still believe it was vastly under-rated - though ultimately it doesn't quite work - and had some amazing elements not least of which were Vilmos Zsigmond's superb camerawork [he later shot Close Encounters of the Third Kind among many more] and a screenplay by Joe Stefano who wrote Psycho.
Sadly I'm not sure any prints of the film remain. But I'd be happy to discuss it with Foxboy or anyone else who's interested.
As one of the stars of Futz, I can assure Foxboy that his review couldn't be wronger. "Sally loves his pig." is what he wrote, but Sally, who at the time was an addenda to The LaMaMa Troupe, featured nude in some of the publicity riding a pig and appears fleetingly in the film itself, but never in any sense could she be said to love Futz's pig within the narrative.
I realize I'm prejudiced about this movie, but I still believe it was vastly under-rated - though ultimately it doesn't quite work - and had some amazing elements not least of which were Vilmos Zsigmond's superb camerawork [he later shot Close Encounters of the Third Kind among many more] and a screenplay by Joe Stefano who wrote Psycho.
Sadly I'm not sure any prints of the film remain. But I'd be happy to discuss it with Foxboy or anyone else who's interested.
Rockgolf's Hotel Rwanda review is unfortunately inaccurate: although it's a 2004 film, it portrays Paul Rusesabagina's actions during the 1994 genocide so it's still 20th century.
Oh, dear, you'll be disappointed -- there's absolutely NOTHING naughty in it. It's a film we [The LaMaMa Troupe] did of one our hit plays. It's a plea for personal freedom and the dangers of mob thinking. It stretches the point to make the point: a simple farmer called Futz falls in love with his pig Amanda, which theoretically involves sex but it's only talked about. I play an equally simple farm girl called Majorie Satz who tries in vain to seduce him away from his pig -- again nothing remotely explicit happens onscreen. The villagers decide to lynch the deviant. They do. If you're interested in cinema I do think the film handles the transition from stage to screen in a very original way, though, as I've said before, it's not entirely successful.
For our stage version we won a special Obie for services to the American Theatre. And our director Tom O'Horgan won several awards for his music.
Apart from being the creative leader of LaMaMa Tom did the Broadway and West End versions of Hair, the B'way version of Lenny and Jesus Christ Superstar. He's also an award-winning musician and did the music as well as directing the TV movie of Ionesco's Rhinoceros, and he composed the score for Alex in Wonderland.
I'd love to know what you think of the film, though!
Sigh..... Since we are worried about factually correct reviews. There is a review or 2 for Superman Returns that could be factually Incorrect.
The latest one by Bernie is "Should've used kryptonite condom." And now I guess I must put my Superman knowlege to good use.
In 'Superman II' Superman willingly became powerless and human then decided to be with Lois. They slept together in the Fortress of Solitude. Wasnt only til after he discovered Zod that he gained his powers back. So as you see, a kyryptonite condom would not have worked. He wasnt kryptonian at the time. He was human. And if ya dont believe he was human.....he bled in the Diner brawl.
The second review I shall not say yet. I had the review first and was told it was factually inaccurate...but then someone else came along and made almost the same review. So I dug into my declined list and resubmitted it. Cause its not actually inaccurate.
I think Paddy C was remembering a scene from Sleepless in Seattle for this one.
He has it listed for When Harry Met Sally.
"Harry unfamiliar with tiramisu".
Unless they used the same joke in both movies, it's Tom Hank's character in Sleepless who asks Rob Reiner, "What is tiramisu?" And Rob Reiner says he's not sure, but Tom is going to love it.
EM :)
Here's the actual quote from imdb
Memorable Quotes from Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
[Jay is helping Sam get back into the dating scene] Sam Baldwin: What is "tiramisu"? Jay: You'll find out. Sam Baldwin: Well, what is it? Jay: You'll see! Sam Baldwin: Some woman is gonna want me to do it to her and I'm not gonna know what it is!
Bruce stips, commits suicide. ReDerning soldier snuffs it.
I just watched this movie last night. Bruce Dern's character does strip in the end, he runs into the breaking waves and begins swimming. Last time I checked, that did not amount to suicide. A more apparent interpretation is that he has stripped off his military illusions (signified by his uniform) and his marital illusions (signified by his wedding ring) and goes to wash all of that away by swimming in the surf -- more like an immersive baptism.
Where does the idea of suicide come from? I say the above two are inaccurate.
Bruce stips, commits suicide. ReDerning soldier snuffs it.
I just watched this movie last night. Bruce Dern's character does strip in the end, he runs into the breaking waves and begins swimming. Last time I checked, that did not amount to suicide. A more apparent interpretation is that he has stripped off his military illusions (signified by his uniform) and his marital illusions (signified by his wedding ring) and goes to wash all of that away by swimming in the surf -- more like an immersive baptism.
Where does the idea of suicide come from? I say the above two are inaccurate.
IMDB lists Bruce Dern in three films that have a suicide, one being "Coming Home." This site with an article about the director Hal Ashby's films, also, indicates that the character Bob Hyde (Bruce Dern) commits suicide at the end.
"Coming Home" did involve a suicide: Robert Carradine's character ("Billy"), so, yes, IMDb is correct that Dern was in a film called "Coming Home" that involved a suicide -- just not his own character's. It is important to note in the article you cite that it was not Ashby who said that "Bob," Dern's character, committed suicide; it was the article writer.
This blog gives a review of the film and notes, correctly, that Dern simply swims into the Pacific Ocean.
Even if the original script called it a suicide -- Iand I have found NO such reference -- that's not what was filmed, nor is the image so strong as to necessarily imply a suicide (put a gun in his hand and we can talk). Even Cinemorgue -- a website devoted to cataloging the films in which various actors die -- correctly notes that Dern swims into the ocean; though they too opt to conclude that it must mean he drowns, even they acknowledge that death is not a necessary result. (Then again, they have no listings for Charlton Heston, who dies in almost everything.)
Reviews that are wrong
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